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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Monday is a vaccine distribution deadline for a program that affects nursing or assisted living homes. CVS and Walgreens are supposed to vaccinate at most nursing and assisted living homes in Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas as part of the federal pharmacy partnership. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s office had said they expected the […]

Mississippi is set to become the first state this year to enact a law banning transgender athletes from competing on girls or women’s sports teams.

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – The executive director of the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) has been hospitalized. According to officials, Greg Michel was admitted to the hospital as he battles pneumonia, which was a complication brought on by COVID-19. On December 9, Gov. Tate Reeves announced Michel tested positive for the virus. “The director remains […]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Governor Tate Reeves encouraged Mississippians to look after their loved ones and neighbors on Thursday after another day of below freezing temperatures. There has been damage reported across the state. Reeves said his office building was flooded, and his home was without running water. He released the following statement on social […]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – On Wednesday, the governor of Mississippi declared Sunday, December 20, as a voluntary day of prayer, humility and fasting. “Today, I am signing a proclamation to declare a Day of Prayer, Humility, and Fasting on Sunday, December 20th,” Gov. Tate Reeves said. “As we’ve done throughout the history of this country, we […]

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann said Thursday that four state senators are in isolation after testing positive for the coronavirus. Two of the four had already been diagnosed last week, and two more have been added to the list. House Speaker Philip Gunn said last week that at least one House […]

JACKSON, Miss. — Gov. Tate Reeves will hold a briefing on COVID-19 in Mississippi.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves says cutting taxes, supporting education and improving infrastructure are among his priorities this year. “We tell every young parent: We will be your partner in educating your child. Together, we will make sure that if they work hard, they will learn what they need to know,” Reeves […]

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has announced he is expanding his mask mandate to cover half of Mississippi’s 82 counties. Reeves had previously placed under the mandate 22 counties with the highest number of new cases of coronavirus. The news comes after the dean of the University of Mississippi Medical Center’s School […]

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A community in rural east central Mississippi is overwhelmed with COVID-19 cases, two weeks after it hosted the Neshoba County Fair that brought thousands of people who lived in cabins, attended shoulder-to-shoulder outdoor concerts and horseraces and listened to political speeches — including one by Republican Gov. Tate Reeves, who decried […]

JACKSON, Miss. (Mississippi Today) – As the COVID-19 delta variant has given Mississippi the third highest infection rate in the nation, and the state’s hospitals remain completely overwhelmed with patients, there is at least one bright spot: The state’s vaccination rate has shot up for four straight weeks, increasing 107% over the past month. Though […]